Russia's illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine exactly 11 years ago on March 18, 2014, was quick and bloodless, but it sent Moscow's relations with the West into a downward spiral ...

But alongside the “rise of the rest,” something equally profound is occurring: the demise of “the West” itself as a coherent and meaningful geopolitical entity. The West, as understood as a unified ...

Russia's annexation of Crimea has also given it massive new maritime holdings and with it, access to a ton of fuel reserves. When Russia seized the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine on March 18, it ...